The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Hydromea: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, $1.4M raised. 2 sources back the record.
CategoryMaritime
Overview
Swiss underwater robotics company and EPFL spin-off developing tetherless underwater inspection robots and proprietary underwater wireless communication technology. Founded in 2014, Hydromea created EXRAY, the world's first wireless underwater inspection ROV for confined spaces like ballast tanks, powered by the company's LUMA optical wireless communication system. The company's technology has been deployed in DNV and ABS inspection programs across the offshore energy sector.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
Company-claimedPriced roundSeed post-money
Key facts
CEO
CTO
Financial stage
Origin
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Hydromea has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1MFE Offshore1× joint
Most recent
- Hydromea x MFE Offshore2026-07-09with MFE Offshoreoperating
Hydromea on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Hydromea's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Hydromea deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Igor Martin CEOSEC-verified
- Felix Schill CTO & Co-founderSEC-verified
- Alexander Bahr Co-founderSEC-verified
Founders (2)
- Felix Schillno longer at company
- Alexander Bahrno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Hydromea.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Hydromea2 deployments
Recent coverage
Hydromea in third-party press
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Blueye Robotics3 models
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $1.4M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- elevated
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Hydromea has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Hydromea x MFE Offshore2026-07-09with MFE Offshoreoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1MFE Offshore1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Hydromea x MFE OffshorewithMFE Offshoredistribution2026-07-09operating
Funding rounds (2)
- Grant2025-01-01
Investors: Innosuisse (lead), AUKUS (lead)
- Seed2019-06-18
$1M(reported) · $6M post
Investors: Privilège Ventures (lead), Marco Boella
Timeline
Every recorded move in Hydromea’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipHydromea x MFE Offshore
2026-07-09MFE Offshore becomes an official distributor of Hydromea's EXRAY tetherless underwater inspection ROV across energy, industrial, hydropower, marine infrastructure and climate science markets.
Funding roundGrant funding round
2025-01-01Grant
Funding roundSeed funding round
2019-06-18Seed raising $1430000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
EXRAY at Switzerland, Europe
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
EXRAY at United States (multiple hotel chains)
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Hydromea.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Blueye Robotics3 models
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Hydromea from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Hydromea and SepcoTech Partner
LAUSANNE, Switzerland & ROSKILDE, Denmark — Hydromea and SepcoTech A/S have entered into a commercial partnership for Scandinavia. Under the … mehr... The post Hydromea and…
MFE Offshore Adds Hydromea EXRAY Underwater Inspection ROV to Portfolio
Houston-based MFE Offshore becomes an official distributor of Hydromea’s tetherless underwater inspection technology for energy operators. MFE Offshore announced July 9, 2026,…
Hydromea & FAU Win AUKUS Grant to Unlock the Ocean Hidden Data Layer
Hydromea and Florida Atlantic University win an AUKUS grant to develop underwater wireless data acquisition technology for defense applications.
Blue Logic and Hydromea Announce Groundbreaking Partnership to Accelerate Subsea WLAN Deployments
Blue Logic and Hydromea partner to transform subsea monitoring operations in offshore energy, defense, and ocean research using underwater wireless communication.
Hydromea Wireless Underwater Robotics
WIPO profiles Hydromea as a Swiss underwater robotics company developing wireless underwater inspection technology to replace tethered ROVs and human divers in confined spaces.
Swiss Tech Start-Up Secures funding for Innovative Underwater Drone
EPFL spin-off Hydromea raises undisclosed convertible loans as part of CHF 1.4M seed round to develop the EXRAY tetherless underwater drone for confined-space inspections.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/hydromea.md
- RSS feed: /companies/hydromea/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/6e173663-f97b-432e-998f-4a8d6a11c101
- Revision history: /companies/hydromea/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Blueye Robotics3 models
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
Video
Witness the groundbreaking debut of EXRAY™, the world’s first wireless portable underwater drone. In this video, Hydromea showcases EXRAY™ in a pool demo, highlighting its revolutionary design and capabilities. Unlike tr
Hydromea introduces its innovative wireless underwater drone designed for efficient inspections. Leveraging our cutting-edge optical communication technology, t
Join us as Hydromea introduces EXRAY™ at Oceanology International in London from March 12-14, 2024. EXRAY™ is an innovative underwater inspection ROV equipped w
How do LUMA modems create a cell-network underwater? LUMA modems are used to introduce high-bandwidth wireless communication underwater for the offshore energy
EXRAY™ in Action: Ballast Water Tank Inspection Inspecting ballast water tanks has always been a challenge. This video highlights how EXRAY professional inspec
At COP26, Hydromea demonstrates its commitment to reducing the offshore industry’s carbon footprint through innovative robotics solutions. Our advanced remote u
EXRAY™ in Action: Hydropower Turbines Inspection Inspecting Hydropower Turbines requires a lot of costly actions including downtime and draining, and the worst
In this demo, our EXRAY™ underwater inspection robot is equipped with an easily changeable brush payload that removes corrosion from metal surfaces before perfo
EXRAY™ is a professional underwater drone specifically designed for navigation and data collection in tight confined spaces, and it also collects high quality d
Introducing the very first episode of our EXRAY™ Tech Talk series! 📹 In this episode, we dive into one of EXRAY’s most powerful features: the wireless Flyout.
EXRAY Tech Talk | EP3 🎬 ‘’What is the purpose of using a UT sensor?’’ Meet the EXRAY™ UT sensor – the specialized payload designed for precise underwater meta
Reality vs attention
Hydromea draws attention at the 71st percentile but verifies reality at the 55th percentile among underwater robots. Hype Gap +16.7, 7th widest among underwater robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
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Last computed: Aug 29, 2026